Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-26
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With every breeze. Law pretty Nora Creelv
fest alecp. The soft and sweet scented leaves
Inv ecottnrod ,ll over her brown dross and
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-toTo5 arms "oro bare 10 inc cIu"N' anu
'ycrc undcnlably red and showed signs OF toll,
and her face was tanned and brown save
where the healthy young blood showed
llrough the brown Her lips were parted,
I'D between them were glmpses of white
,coh that were the envy OF all who saw
chem, and all who knew her saw them often,
tor she was always laughing and blithe and,
somehow, the rich color, dark hair and pretty
tacth all seemed to belong to those beautiful
tiuc owes that looked 30 honestly out from
under tle heavy black lashes; true Irish eyes,
Ivan which none arc moro lovely.
nora was only servant, but she was OH
honest and conscientious one and capable
ono, and her rich Irish voice used to troll
to4',h tho-2 crecninG old ballads that keep
ycI vibrating between n smile and tear.
Tho Children idoii1ed their good Nora and the
lni-trc11 leaned upon her in sorrow and joy,
thc master spoke of her as a great treasure
uNon earth. and the dumb animals followed
hcr about with worlds Of love expressed III
their dcwy eyes.
Eora was happy. for it was the Gift of her
sunny nature to be so, and she never seemed
sad or out of spirits, and so she was regarded
IS q sort of perpetual sunshine in the house.
Only one popularity had Nora and that
often surprised her gentle mistress; Nora was
avaricious She was a miser if ever there
WIS one. She received good wages and she
never spent penny that she could possibly
save. Sho made her own poor clothes at
NIGHT when she should have been resting and
sho went barefoot whenever the weather rem.
1ered it possible and in short, she was evil
IDENTIFY born q miser Still Mrs. Satterlee
-;lcVcr said anything to Nora on that subject.
thilLinG that as Nora earned the money she
had no right to interfere i'll Nora's affairs.
-Cora had lived with Mrs. Satterleo for
even years She came as child of -. lust
after She had landed bewlldered stranger in
d strange land, and because of her CHEEKY
milo and honest eyes she had been chosen
rom among many others. and she went
home with this gentle lady to pretty coun-
ry place. where she was always content,
aAppy and efficient as little children were born
70 Tho mistress SO were they born to the love
i good, kind Nora, whose heart was q we'll
NI spring of warm affection.
Nora was now %, and there were few girls
anywhere who were prettier, heater or better
.uGht for one in her station, and there were
-Uo young men who thought her absolute
rcrfection. One of them was a blacksmith
and tho other horticulturist, but though
'ora was kind to them, neither received the
AGGhtest encouragement. Sometimes Mrs
.-atterlec wondered whether Nora would ever
marry and have home of her own but she
wisely let matters take their course.
Nora wrote to her parents and friends in
5ho old country and received letters from
Them in return with a regularity that was
lesson to many other families, and save that
Nora always sang and laughed more for a
few days after the receipt of those letters
Hono could have ever noticed any effect
But the songs were more plaintive and the
laughter not quite so rich and mellow. still
she said nothirr, but "the baby as they
called her, child of 3, always hung around
|Noras heels like little dog at such times
until Nora would take her up and rock her to
slecp. This day she had received three let
Je-s from home, but she seemed a trife disap-
pointed when she looked them over and missed
ono which she appeared to think ought to be
among them, and after dinner was over and
al her work done and the baby asleep on the
vide lounge, Nora went out to the meadow.
lhrough which ran a pretty brook and where
tile clover was so rich and luxuriant that one
ALMOST longed to be a COW to revel in its Juicy
sweetness
Nora sat down by the side of this brook.
ma ,1oB her letters from her pocket and read
them, One was from her father, ono from
cousin and one from her sister, who was
widow.
Morals eyes filed as she read the same old
tory of wrong, oppression and abuse. and
ne read of the coarse brutality of the agents
who had turned out of doors friends. rela-
ives and playmates: always the same. no re-
.-ress. And now Morals father wrote that
Dzrmot Kelly's father and family were all
20 g.. olicted from the land the family had
,,pi. ,. so many generations and poor Der
NO. .ad lust finished his studies and was
lb1.t to begin the practice of medicine, but
mis- trouble would set him back for wears.
And then the father thanked Nora for all she
nd done for them, and sending untold bless.